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Spring Creek 1700N Bridge

Iroquois County, Illinois

Photos 

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Photo taken Sept. 2006 by Tom Hall

BH Photo #102200

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Spring Creek on 1700N Road
Location
Iroquois County, Illinois
Status
Replaced
History
Built 1898
Design
Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 118.4 ft.
Total length: 120.3 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.75471, -87.89956   (decimal degrees)
40°45'17" N, 87°53'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/424065/4511916 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gilman
Inventory numbers
IL 038-4038 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15328 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,626)
7-panel truss (373)
Built 1898 (305)
Built during 1890s (2,996)
Illinois (4,686)
Iroquois County, Illinois (68)
Lost (24,969)
Owned by township (2,739)
Pin-connected (3,920)
 Pratt through truss (5,426)
Pratt truss (9,347)
Replaced by new bridge (16,765)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,409)
Structurally deficient (14,103)
Through truss (15,178)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,188)
Truss (32,958)
Wooden deck (6,073)

Update Log 

  • January 31, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • July 8, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: updated status on bridge
  • January 29, 2007: Posted photos from Tom Hall

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Spring Creek 1700N Bridge
Posted July 8, 2008, by Tom Rainford (trainford308 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was replaced by a new bridge.